A Danish pension fund management company is promising to put up $200 million dollars to help get Cape Wind built in Nantucket Sound starting this year.

A press statement from PensionDanmark and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners cited investments in other offshore and land-based wind projects, including some in the United States.

“As a lighthouse project,” the release declared, “Cape Wind is crucial to advance the offshore wind industry in the United States.

The financial backers say they believe the project is well-positioned with government approvals, power purchasers and other funders to close the remaining gaps and begin construction. The release noted that the “commitment is conditional upon a final investment decision to be made by the end of the year.”

The project’s steadfast foe, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, stated that instead, “2013 is the beginning of the end for Cape Wind.” Executive Director Audra Parker noted opposition from some Massachusetts industry leaders and the five remaining federal lawsuits against the project.”